Colorado Avalanche vs. New Jersey DevilsDec 8, 2024

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	2	1	1	4		COL	8	11	5	24
NJD	0	0	0	0		NJD	10	2	13	25

: COL 54NJD 59
: COL 2.76NJD 2.62
PP goals: COL 0NJD 0
Hits: COL 12NJD 19
Blocks: COL 19NJD 12
PIM: COL 4NJD 4
: COL 56%NJD 44%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Colorado Avalanche rout New Jersey Devils 4–0

Colorado Avalanche beat New Jersey Devils 4–0 at NJD. Casey Mittelstadt (COL) led the scoring with 0G 2A. NJD scored 0 goals on 2.62 expected goals (59 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
Calvin de Haan had 2 assists (2 points) in 14:53.de Haan
Points
Casey Mittelstadt had 2 assists (2 points) in 14:55.Mittelstadt
Luck
NJD scored 0 goals on 2.62 expected goals (59 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Artturi Lehkonen (COL) played 24:51, +4:32 up on his 20:19 season average over 68 games.Lehkonen
Usage
Ivan Ivan (COL) played 6:22, −3:48 down on his 10:10 season average over 39 games.Ivan
Usage
Jack Hughes (NJD) played 24:36, +3:46 up on his 20:50 season average over 61 games.Hughes
Usage
Jonas Siegenthaler (NJD) played 15:42, −3:58 down on his 19:40 season average over 54 games.Siegenthaler
Usage
Dawson Mercer (NJD) played 14:12, −3:44 down on his 17:56 season average over 81 games.Mercer

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← COL attacks left (bottom on phones)NJD attacks right (top on phones) →

NJD
COL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 113 of 113 attempts · NJD 59 · COL 54

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

NJD
COL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NJD pressure
COL pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: COL 38% of the game, NJD 38%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

NJD

COL

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	COL	NJD
	54	54
	2.02	1.82
	1.93	1.66
	7	7
	5	4
	14	17
	+0.025	−0.025
	38%	38%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Colorado Avalanche

L1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Rantanen
13:5187% CF
L2Nichushkin – Colton – Mittelstadt
11:1636% CF
L3Kelly – O'Connor – Kiviranta
7:4557% CF
L4Wagner – Ivan – Prishchepov
4:1967% CF
D1Toews – Makar
13:3669% CF
D2Girard – Malinski
13:0945% CF
D3de Haan – Middleton
8:3156% CF

PP1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen – Makar
3:19100% CF
PK1FLehkonen – Kiviranta
2:20
PK2FKelly – O'Connor
1:11
PK1DToews – Makar
3:13
PK2DMiddleton – Girard
0:33

Current COL line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Palat – Bratt – Hughes
9:5364% CF
L2Noesen – Meier – Hischier
9:3746% CF
L3Tatar – Haula – Mercer
7:0767% CF
L4Dowling – Cotter – Légaré
6:1160% CF
D1Pesce – Hughes
15:5170% CF
D2Siegenthaler – Kovacevic
13:1828% CF
D3Dillon – Hamilton
12:2547% CF

PP1Hamilton – Noesen – Bratt – Hischier – Hughes
4:0590% CF
PP2Palat – Meier – Hughes – Mercer – Hughes
0:48100% CF
PK1FHaula – Bratt
1:47
PK2FHischier – Mercer
1:20
PK1DDillon – Kovacevic
2:38
PK2DPesce – Siegenthaler
0:44

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.45	0	2	0	24:51	—	—	68	54
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.05	1	0	0	22:12	—	—	85	100
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	0	0	0	6	0.34	0	0	0	21:46	—	—	73	47
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	0	1	1	+3	1	0.11	0	0	0	20:18	—	—	32	35
Casey Mittelstadt C	L2	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:55	—	—	35	52
Ross Colton C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.31	2	2	0	14:40	—	—	35	45
Logan O'Connor R	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.15	0	1	0	13:17	—	—	43	55
Parker Kelly C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.71	1	1	0	13:02	—	—	40	72
Joel Kiviranta L	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.13	0	1	0	12:18	—	—	53	91
Chris Wagner R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	2	0	0	7:11	—	—	33	37
Nikita Prishchepov C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	0	0	0	6:35	—	—	42	56
Ivan Ivan C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:22	—	—	50	89
Cale Makar D	D1	0	0	0	0	5	0.27	0	0	0	25:20	—	—	66	85
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	2	0	22:32	—	—	53	44
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	0	0	+3	2	0.01	2	4	2	21:04	—	—	38	35
Sam Malinski D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.14	0	2	2	19:24	—	—	44	43
Calvin de Haan D	D3	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	2	2	0	14:53	—	—	42	62
Keaton Middleton D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.02	2	1	0	13:24	—	—	63	92

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Scott Wedgewood(start)	W	25	25	0	.1000	2.62	60:00

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Hughes C	L1	-3	6	0.46	0	0	0	24:36	—	—	49	51
Jesper Bratt L	L1	-1	1	0.19	1	1	0	21:56	—	—	56	53
Ondrej Palat L	L1	-1	1	0.05	0	0	2	13:41	—	—	53	40
Nico Hischier C	L2	-1	4	0.29	1	2	0	20:16	—	—	50	28
Timo Meier R	L2	-2	3	0.75	1	1	0	19:48	—	—	45	53
Stefan Noesen R	L2	-1	1	0.29	0	1	2	19:11	—	—	52	75
Dawson Mercer C	L3	-1	2	0.35	2	1	0	14:12	—	—	61	56
Erik Haula L	L3	-1	2	0.03	1	0	0	12:17	—	—	50	34
Tomas Tatar L	L3	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:36	—	—	57	51
Paul Cotter L	L4	-1	0	0.00	4	0	0	12:02	—	—	58	65
Nathan Légaré R	L4	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	10:02	—	—	21	2
Justin Dowling C	L4	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:11	—	—	33	8
Luke Hughes D	D1	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	21:02	—	—	66	57
Brett Pesce D	D1	0	2	0.03	2	1	0	20:01	—	—	65	54
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D2	-1	0	0.00	3	1	0	17:02	—	—	32	60
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D2	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:42	—	—	24	53
Dougie Hamilton D	D3	-2	2	0.14	0	0	0	21:08	—	—	50	38
Brenden Dillon D	D3	-3	0	0.00	2	2	0	17:13	—	—	46	26

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	L	23	20	3	.870	2.06	57:04

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Ross Colton (COL) 1st 4:07 · assists Casey Mittelstadt, Valeri Nichushkin · Rebound · 20.3 mph shot.

Ross Colton · 1st 4:07 · COL

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 20.3 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Type: rebound

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Logan O'Connor · 1st 14:52 · COL

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 18.8 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Type: rebound

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Artturi Lehkonen · 2nd 14:36 · COL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 2-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 53.0 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

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Parker Kelly · 3rd 16:05 · COL EN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 64.1 mph
Distance: 63 ft
Entry to goal: 0.7 s

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

Colorado Avalanche vs. New Jersey DevilsDec 8, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Colorado Avalanche rout New Jersey Devils 4–0

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Colorado Avalanche

New Jersey Devils

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Colorado Avalanche

New Jersey Devils

Goal anatomy

Ross Colton · 1st 4:07 · COL

Logan O'Connor · 1st 14:52 · COL

Artturi Lehkonen · 2nd 14:36 · COL

Parker Kelly · 3rd 16:05 · COL EN